Ahsan Hanif

Sūrah al-Fātihah is described as the ‘Mother of the Qur’an’ and the ‘Seven oft-repeated verses’. It is recited in every unit of every prayer. It is one of the chapters of the Qur’an we memorised as children and one of the chapters that we will teach to our children. But…

The greatest verse of the Qur’ān is Āyat al-Kursī,[1] as mentioned in the authentic statement [2] of the Prophet ﷺ. However, the question arises as to why it is not a chapter in its own right as many of the other passages of the Qur’ān